Finding business partners in Kenya

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This article has originally been published on the CUBE IN platform of the EU, meant for SME's in emerging markets. Important! The 5 most important things to know about doing business in Kenya are the following: Business is done between people…

Culture and Corona in Africa

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One single enemy The world is under the spell of the corona virus. As Damiaan Denys, a Dutch psychiatrist and philosopher, wrote in a Dutch daily newspaper: instead of humans fighting each other, this time “the world is threatened by one…

A mighty tree has fallen

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https://geerthofstede.com/geert-hofstede-passed-away-1928-2020-obituary/

Many good reviews 2019

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At the end of 2019: let's look back and see some of the reviews from both trainees as well as students. See the article on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/year-2019-some-reviews-alette-vonk/

Intercultural Mgt. at Mars Wrigley

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Listen to the interesting story of Bas Bredenoord, HR Director van Mars International Travel Retail: Intercultural Management via Design thinking, penetrated into the capillaries of a large corporate organisation. Look at it via the following…

Modernity and Tradition: Management in Africa (kopie)

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MODERNITY AND TRADITION: MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA International managers know it: the best practices and tools of ‘Western’ management cannot be simply transferred to other parts of the world. They need some serious adaptation. Several scholars…

Ethnicity and nation building in Africa

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This article was originally published on my LinkedIn. Nation building Africa has an enormous wealth of thousands different cultures and peoples, spread out over 54 different countries. Now the question rises whether the ethnic groups…

Innovation and Culture

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This article was originally published on my LinkedIn page. Power distance Every company or organisation needs to innovate to stay relevant, to keep a competitive edge and remain on top of the business. Research shows that creativity and…

Remarkable article of a former slave-selling family

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This is a remarkable article of a former slave-selling family in Nigeria and their dealing with the past. You won’t get many chances in life to read this story.

Article: “Natália is at a loss”

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This is an article of Alette Vonk for connect2us in the Xpat Journal: “Natália is at a loss.” Just a few months ago, Natália moved to the Netherlands with her mom, dad and two brothers. She’s an intelligent girl and her Dutch…